District and School Strategic Plans
At the beginning of the 2015-16 school year, Barrow County School System rolled out the new Strategic Navigation Plan 2016-2021. This plan is intended to ensure that all stakeholders - including the school board, district staff, principals, teachers, students, parents and community members - are working toward a shared set of goals and priorities.
The strategic plan was built on a foundation of six Navigational Beacons
- Promote and market Barrow County Schools with positive language and common branding
- Strengthen parent and community engagement through improved communication and increased involvement
- Strengthen community-wide awareness and understanding of issues that impact educational decision-making
- Empower students to take ownership of their learning and be actively engaged in their schools and community
- Develop and implement an efficient and effective hiring process that results in the employment of top choice candidates
- Provide high quality, targeted, job-embedded professional learning and training to support teachers, staff, and leaders, designed to improve student achievement and close achievement gaps across the system
- Retain highly effective teachers, staff, and leaders by providing a positive, productive, and satisfying work environment, supportive leadership, and opportunities for innovation
- Share opportunities and best practices among schools
- Increase student, parent, business, and community partner participation
- Promote collaboration between all governmental units in Barrow County
- Develop and strengthen relationships with all local, state, and federal policymakers
- Continuously assess and address the impacts of economic development, population growth, and demographic change
- Develop collaborative relationships with economic and community leaders to help predict and prepare for growth and change
- Develop staffing, infrastructure, and facility plans to address growth and change
- Identify strategies for enhancing revenues and resources through foundations, partnerships, and other sources
- Cultivate fiscal responsibility through ongoing evaluation of resource allocation and use
- Provide ongoing professional learning to build knowledge of finance and budgeting capacity in all school leaders
- Ensure that technology is operational, is deployed optimally, and has sufficient capability to meet instructional and administrative needs
- Develop and annually update a viable and goal-oriented comprehensive system-wide technology plan
- Strengthen teacher competency in using technology to enhance classroom teaching and student learning
- Develop the ability to deliver curricula electronically to hospital and home-bound students and to the general population as needed
School Strategic Plans
As part of the Charter System, each school is also required to have a Strategic Plan. This plan is developed and approved by the School Governance Team. You can view each school's plan by clicking on the name below.
Middle Schools
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